II Kings 3

vihoram ben-akhav malakh al-yisra'el beshomeron bishnat shemoneh esreh lihoshafat melekh yehudah vayyimlokh shetem-esreh shanah

Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat of Judah; and he reigned twelve years.

vayya'aseh hara be'ene Adonai raq lo khe'aviv ukhe'immo vayyasar et-matsevat habba'al asher asah aviv

He did what was displeasing to GOD, yet not like his father and mother, for he removed the pillars of Baal that his father had made.

raq bekhattovt yarovam ben-nevat asher-hekheti et-yisra'el daveq lo-sar mimmennah

However, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat caused Israel to commit; he did not depart from them.

umesha melekh-mo'av hayah noqed veheshiv lemelekh-yisra'el me'ah-elef karim ume'ah elef elim tsamer

Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he used to pay as tribute to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.

vayehi kemot akhav vayyifsha melekh-mo'av bemelekh yisra'el

But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

vayyetse hammelekh yehoram bayyom hahu mishomeron vayyifqod et-kol-yisra'el

So King Jehoram promptly set out from Samaria and mustered all Israel.

vayyelekh vayyishlakh el-yehoshafat melekh-yehudah lemor melekh mo'av pasha bi hatelekh itti el-mo'av lammilkhamah vayyomer e'eleh kamoni khamokha ke'ammi khe'ammekha kesusay kesusekha

At the same time, he sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me; will you come with me to make war on Moab?” He replied, “I will go. I will do what you do: my troops shall be your troops, my horses shall be your horses.”

vayyomer e-zeh hadderekh na'aleh vayyomer derekh midbar edom

And he asked, “Which route shall we take?” [Jehoram] replied, “The road through the wilderness of Edom.”

vayyelekh melekh yisra'el umelekh-yehudah umelekh edom vayyasobbu derekh shivat yamim velo-hayah mayim lammakhaneh velabbehemah asher beraglehem

So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and they marched for seven days until they rounded [the tip of the Dead Sea]; and there was no water left for the army or for the animals that were with them.

vayyomer melekh yisra'el ahah ki-qara Adonai lishloshet hammelakhim ha'elleh latet otam beyad-mo'av

“Alas!” cried the king of Israel. “GOD has brought these three kings together only to deliver them into the hands of Moab.”

vayyomer yehoshafat ha'en poh navi la-Adonai venidreshah et-Adonai me'oto vayya'an ekhad me'avde melekh-yisra'el vayyomer poh elisha ben-shafat asher-yatsaq mayim al-yede eliyyahu

But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of GOD here, through whom we may inquire of GOD ?” One of the courtiers of the king of Israel spoke up and said, “Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”

vayyomer yehoshafat yesh oto devar-Adonai vayyeredu elayw melekh yisra'el vihoshafat umelekh edom

“The word of GOD is with him,” said Jehoshaphat. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

vayyomer elisha el-melekh yisra'el mah-lli valakh lekh el-nevi'e avikha ve'el-nevi'e immekha vayyomer lo melekh yisra'el al ki-qara Adonai lishloshet hammelakhim ha'elleh latet otam beyad-mo'av

Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have you to do with me? Go to your father’s prophets or your mother’s prophets.” But the king of Israel said, “Don’t [say that], for GOD has brought these three kings together only to deliver them into the hands of Moab.”

vayyomer elisha khay-Adonai tseva'ot asher amadti lefanayw ki lule pene yehoshafat melekh-yehudah ani nose im-abbit elekha ve'im-erekka

“As GOD of Hosts lives, whom I serve,” Elisha answered, “were it not that I respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I wouldn’t look at you or notice you.

ve'attah qekhu-li menaggen vehayah kenaggen hamenaggen vattehi alayw yad-Adonai

Now then, get me a musician.” As the musician played, GOD’s hand came upon him,

vayyomer koh amar Adonai asoh hannakhal hazzeh gevim gevim

and he said, “Thus said GOD: This wadi shall be full of pools.

ki-khoh amar Adonai lo-tiru ruakh velo-tiru geshem vehannakhal hahu yimmale mayim ushetitem attem umiqnekhem uvehemtekhem

For thus said GOD: You shall see no wind, you shall see no rain, and yet the wadi shall be filled with water; and you and your cattle and your pack animals shall drink.

venaqal zot be'ene Adonai venatan et-mo'av beyedkhem

And this is but a slight thing in GOD’s sight, for Moab will also be delivered into your hands.

vehikkitem kol-ir mivtsar vekhol-ir mivkhor vekhol-ets tov tappilu vekhol-mayene-mayim tistomu vekhol hakhelqah hattovah takhivu ba'avanim

You shall conquer every fortified town and every splendid city; you shall fell every good tree and stop up all wells of water; and every fertile field you shall ruin with stones.”

vayehi vabboqer ka'alot hamminkhah vehinneh-mayim ba'im midderekh edom vattimmale ha'arets et-hammayim

And in the morning, when it was time to present the grain offering, water suddenly came from the direction of Edom and the land was covered by the water.

vekhol-mo'av shame'u ki-alu hammelakhim lehillakhem bam vayyitsa'aqu mikkol khoger khagorah vamalah vayya'amdu al-haggevul

Meanwhile, all the Moabites had heard that the kings were advancing to make war on them; every man old enough to bear arms rallied, and they stationed themselves at the border.

vayyashkimu vabboqer vehashemesh zarekhah al-hammayim vayyiru mo'av minneged et-hammayim adummim kaddam

Next morning, when they rose, the sun was shining over the water, and from the distance the water appeared to the Moabites as red as blood.

vayyomeru dam zeh hokhorev nekhervu hammelakhim vayyakku ish et-re'ehu ve'attah lashalal mo'av

“That’s blood!” they said. “The kings must have fought among themselves and killed each other. Now to the spoil, Moab!”

vayyavo'u el-makhaneh yisra'el vayyaqumu yisra'el vayyakku et-mo'av vayyanusu mippenehem (vyvv) [vayyakku-]vah vehakkot et-mo'av

They entered the Israelite camp, and the Israelites arose and attacked the Moabites, who fled before them. They advanced, constantly attacking the Moabites,

vehe'arim yaharosu vekhol-khelqah tovah yashlikhu ish-avno umiluha vekhol-mayan-mayim yistomu vekhol-ets-tov yappilu ad-hishir avaneha baqqir kharaset vayyasobbu haqqalla'im vayyakkuha

and they destroyed the towns. They each threw a stone into every fertile field, so that it was covered over; and they stopped up every spring and felled every fruit tree. Only the walls of Kir-hareseth were left, and then the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

vayyar melekh mo'av ki-khazaq mimmennu hammilkhamah vayyiqqakh oto sheva-me'ot ish sholef kherev lehavqia el-melekh edom velo yakholu

Seeing that the battle was going against him, the king of Moab led an attempt of seven hundred swordsmen to break a way through to the king of Edom; but they failed.

vayyiqqakh et-beno habbekhor asher-yimlokh takhtayw vayya'alehu olah al-hakhomah vayehi qetsef-gadol al-yisra'el vayyisu me'alayw vayyashuvu la'arets

So he took his first-born son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up on the wall as a burnt offering. A great wrath came upon Israel, so they withdrew from him and went back to [their own] land.